Obituary

Frederic Cutts, Manager of the United Illuminating Company, Bridgeport, Connecticut, died January 11, 1930, as the result of an infected throat. He came to the United Illuminating Company after fifteen successful years of service with the General Electric Company at New Haven, Conn. A native of New Rochelle, N. Y., his general education was Wesleyan University (B. A.); technical, Cornell University (E. B. in M. E.); and special, General Electric Student Course. He was Engineer in charge of Design Installation of underground distribution systems of the Syracuse Lighting Company in 1899; District Engineer of the General Electric Company, Atlanta, Ga. from 1900 to 1905; Assistant to the Chief Engineer of Ford, Bacon & Davis, New York for one year, doing report and office management work, after which he was sent by them to take over the complete direction of working forces in Nashville, Knoxville, Memphis, Birmingham, Little Rock and Houston, these operations averaging from 4000 to 5000 men. In 1909 he became Resident Agent for the General Electric Company, at Providence, R. I., and in 1913 took up his work as Local Manager of the company´s New Haven office. Mr. Cutts joined the Institute in 1919 as a Member.